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Meaning of AMBO

Pronunciation:  'ambow

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
 
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 Synonyms: dais, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stump
 
 See Also: platform

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Am"bo\, n.; pl. {Ambos}. [LL. ambo, Gr. ?, any rising, a
raised stage, pulpit: cf. F. ambon.]
A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian
churches. --Gwilt.
 

 

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